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Ferrari secure Monaco front row

Ferrari locked out the front row of the grid in the Monaco Grand Prix, with Felipe Massa set to lead out Kimi Raikkonen. Briton Lewis Hamilton starts in third for McLaren alongside team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

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Brazilian Massa (1:15.787) took pole with barely half-a-minute remaining in Q3 from team-mate Raikkonen (1:15.815).

Hamilton (1:15.839) shot over the line moments before Massa, almost stealing ahead of Raikkonen and consigning Kovalainen - who had just set the second-fastest lap - to an eventual fourth spot.

Britain's David Coulthard impressed in the Red Bull before smashing it into the barriers accelerating out of the chicane at the end of Q2, damaging the car and ripping two wheels from the chassis.

That meant he was unable to contest the top-10 shoot-out and will start in 10th position. His team-mate Australian Mark Webber will begin the grand prix ahead of him.

BMW-Sauber secured fifth spot through Robert Kubica (1:16.171) but the outfit's other driver Nick Heidfeld (1:16.456) disappointed by failing to make it through Q2, taking 13th spot.

Monaco resident Nico Rosberg looked in good form as he won sixth position for tomorrow's race, 1:16.548 his time.

Renault's Fernando Alonso (1:16.852), seeking an unlikely third straight victory in Monte Carlo, begins in seventh ahead of Jarno Trulli (1:17.203), who overcame early issues for another impressive run.

Toyota's Timo Glock (1:15.907) was just ahead of Honda's British driver Jenson Button (1:16.101), with Heidfeld separating him and Williams' Kazuki Nakajima (1:16.479).

Towards the bottom of the grid Honda man Rubens Barrichello's (1:16.537) poor Q2 session was further complicated by a steward's investigation into whether he had obstructed another experienced F1 driver Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella (1:17.823) - which will start from last - in Q1.

The new Toro Rosso struggled with Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Vettel only managing 16th and 18th, while Bourdais will also suffer a five-place grid penalty for using a new gearbox.

Nelson Piquet Jr had a woeful time in his Renault with Adrian Sutil also struggling.


Monaco GP - Qualifying Results




Ferrari one, two, great but still an interesting race tomorrow, hoping that the rain will not show up.